Like many adopted children, Matthew Roberts set about finding his biological parents with a mix of nerves and excitement. In particular, he hoped that discovering his father's identity would help him to work out what made him the man he had become. But nothing could have prepared him for being told his dad was... serial killer CHARLES MANSON.
Matthew, 41 - who bears a haunting resemblance to his father - sank into depression after discovering his identity. He has since been in contact with his dad in a series of letters to his California prison and Manson has replied - each time chillingly signing off with a swastika. Now Matthew, who was given up for adoption as a baby, has told of his horror at finding out he was the son of a monster.
Poison pen ... letter from Manson to Matthew
He says: "I didn't want to believe it. I was frightened and angry. It's like finding out that Adolf Hitler is your father.
"I'm a peaceful person - trapped in the face of a monster."
Matthew grew up in Rockford, Illinois, and didn't know he was adopted until his sister told him when he was ten.
He loved his adoptive parents but always knew he was different. He says: "My parents were great people, but very conservative.
Yeah, obviously your adoptive parents didn't entice mass murder. I'd surely classify that as conservative. I bet that your adoptive parents didn't have a swastika tattooed on their foreheads either. I heard about this story on Colin Cowheard's radio program and he's right, sometimes things are just better left unturned. When you're a struggling DJ in LA and you think your life culdn't get aany worse, you probe your parents for your biological origin only to find your're the offspring of this guy.
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Damn...I was SURE it would be Ice T!
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